Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 5)

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Biodiversity Prospecting

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RFF research on biodiversity prospecting indicates that biodiversity may be important for any number of commercial, ecological, esthetic, ethical or even spiritual reasons. However, when it comes to commercial prospecting among natural sources for new products, the value of biodiversity is not as high as some conservationists might suppose. It is therefore necessary to develop more workable incentives for conservation.